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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.933,Lat: 43.4557
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	22:57:19pm
Name province/region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Name Subregion	Bouches-du-Rhône
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Istres
Name	Fos-sur-Mer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Port-de-Bouc	6.2 km	SouthEast
2 Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts	6.7 km	East
3 Istres	6.9 km	NorthEast
4 Martigues	9.5 km	SouthEast
5 Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône	12.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	203 km	East
2 Andorra	Andorra	297 km	WestSouthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	434 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone coastal: Argens, Var, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de l'Estomac (0.7 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 182.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 256 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 67%, low location: 33%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Le golfe de Fos -

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Marseille Provence Airport (at a distance of 23 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3 km2

4.3%

Nature

24.9 km2

36.3%

Wet nature

4.5 km2

6.6%

Agriculture

3.2 km2

4.6%

Urban area

20.3 km2

29.6%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

1.9%

Rock-Sand

1.5 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

7.7 km2

11.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fos-sur-Mer in country France

Fos-sur-Mer at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	France	35 km	NorthWest
2 Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge	France	56 km	North
3 Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)	France	63 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
tangs entre Istres et Fos	FR	0.9 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fos-sur-Mer

Type of weather in Fos-sur-Mer	clear sky
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam